With 100% English Ancestry, I thought it might be really difficult to trace my ancestors back in England from Canada. Only my mother, her father and his mother were born in Canada. This Blog will talk about researching my English ancestors from Canada but also the ancestors of our son in law whose families stretch back far into Colonial French Canada. My one name study of Blake and of Pincombe also dominate my blog these days.

1 In the Name of God Amen I2 I Richard Black Mariner belonging to his Majestys3 Ship the Vengance being in bodily health and of sound4 and disposing mind and memory and considering the5 perils and dangers of the Seas and other uncertainities of6 this transitory life do for avoiding controversies after7 my decease make publish and declare this my last8 will and Testament in manner following that is I9 say First I commend my Soul to God that gave10 it and my Body I commit to the Earth or Sea as11 it shall please God to order and as for and concerning12 all my Worldly Estate I give bequeath and dispose13 thereof as followeth that is to say all such Wages11 Sum and Sums of Money Lands Tenements Goods15 Chattels and Estate whatsoever as shall be any16 ways due owing or belonging unto me at the time17 of my decease I do give devise and bequeath the18 same unto my loving Mother Sarah Black at19 Brentford in the County of Middlesex and I do20 hereby nominate and appoint the aforesaid Sarah21 Black my Mother to be Executrix of this my last22 Will and Testament hereby revoking all former and23 and other wills Testaments and deeds of Gifts by me at24 any time heretofore made and I do ordain and25 ratify these presents to stand and be for and as my26 only last Will and Testament In Witness whereof27 this my said will I have set my hand and Seal28 the first day of March in the Year of our Lord one29 thousand Seven hundred and Seventy nine and in30 the nineteenth Year of the Reign of his31 Majesty King George the third over Great Britain32 etc The mark X of Rich. Black Signed Sealed33 published and declared in the presence of us Jn34 Sharp 1st Lieutenant Benjm Black Alex Maclanie35 Clerk36 This Will was proved at London the twenty third37 day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand38 Seven hundred and eighty one before the Worshipful39 John Fisher doctor of Laws Surrogate of the Right40 Worshipful Peter Calvert doctor of Laws Master Keeper41 or Commissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury42 was truly constituted by the oath of Sarah Blake otherwise43 Black the Mother of the deceased and Sole Executrix44 named in the said Will to whom administration was45 granted of all and Singular the Goods Chattels and46 Credits of the said deceased having been first Sworn47 duly to administer